,
1Hrue
Reguliir Meeting of the Board of Truste~s was held on "riciay
Eve. Nov. 9, 1917 at 8:30 P. M.
Present F.
'I.. Brown, President;
.T.
H. Hill, H. Ji' •. Graham,
Jo se1l11 Coggins, Trustees.
I
Motie,n me.de and secon:ied t:'lat the minutes of Aug. 7,Sept: 4,
oct. 5, 1917 be approved as read.
All i
11
fa vo r •
Motion made and seconded that the Com. from Walter Storms
under date of Oct. 10, lY17 be received and
pl~ced
on file.
Al·l in favor.
New York, N.
X.
Oct. 10, 1917.
·Hon •.I?ranklin Q,. Brown,
President of the Board or Tru~te~6,
V{lla~e of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
near Sir:-
I
I have been requested by a number of my nei"hbors W,1.0 are taxpayers like myself, to call to your attention, as President of the
60uneil Of,·t·he l[Ufiige of . Dobbs:-:jj'erry, to t'le serious condition
;vh·ich now ·(;!xists in our section of the villa~e by reason of the
laci;: of prope.r lighting fiicilities.
I am asked to sutfuit this mattec for the consideration of your
self and ·your Board f.rom two points of view, to-wit, from thll point
of view of the rights of the tax·-p'.iyers ~nd from 1;he point of view
. of ~ublio safety.
.
The residents of Riverview Hanor who reside on streets less
than two rods wide are required to pay taxes at the samd rates as
proT-erty holders residing on streets over ';;:lich the Village assumes
full control in tile matter of lighting as well as otherwise.
From t",e point of view of the ri"ht of tax l':ayers, justice
requires that t;le narrower streets should be lighted as thOlcoughly.
as'the broader stceets
A}Jart from this consid.ei:a,t'i:on however, we respectfully oall
your a.ttention to the importance of this matter from the point of
Vlew of public safety.
The present lighting facilities are, in our
opinion,. insufficient to afford reasonable safe conditions for that
portion of t~le public whose affairs require them to us.e the .streeta
in our seotion. Several of my neighbors are elderly pea, Ie who are
not as foot sure as formerly and are t:'lerefore not as well aille to
protect themselves from t:'1is LiOk of proper li.ghtinc; as our you.n~er
residents.
I
~or its own protection, as well as theirs, we feel that the
Villiige of Dobbs Fer·ry should consider oarefully their situation
.and do its ut'fiost to afford them prol,er li'lhting facili ties.
In addition to. th~ protection of the Village itself, the darkness of our section inv61ves other problems which are more particuliirly of importance to its residents. The policing of our
section is satisfacto·ry, to the best of my lmo,vledge, but darkness,
as is well known, is the chief assest.of the burgla.r, and since ,ve
pay taxes at. the same rate as other prollerty owners, we feel that
we are entitled to the same protection again8t this danger.
J
f
!·212
On behalf of' myself and my neighbors above mentioned, I most
respectfully su111nit our sit(:ation f,or the consideration of yourself
a~d the Board of Tru~tee6.
We .feel that by calling this mattu(' to your attention, we
shall secure just.ice and we respectfully peti tion t:'mt the same be
granted to us.
We thank you in advance for your consideration of the matter.
Yours respectfully,
\\Talton Stonn.
I
Motion made and seconded tl'lat tlle Com. from the ilestcl'lester
Lig:'lting Co., under date. of Oct. 23, 1917 asking permission to trim
t('ees be received and placed on file.
All in favor.
Tarrytown, N.Y. Oct. 23,
1~17.
Han. President & 30ard of Tru~tees,
Village of Dobbs Serry, N, Y.
Gentlemen;Permission is hereby requested lJ'y t!1e ~ies':;cl'leste(' Lighting
Company to do such tree trimming as in necessary throughout the
Village. Wo('k to be done under t11" supervision of' an Inspector
appointed by the Eillage the same as in former years.
Yours very truly,
E. R. Conover,
Supe rintenc! ent.
I
1110tion made and secondecl that the request of the Westchester
Lii7hting Comfany, .to trim t·rees in t~le Village of Dobbs }!'erry be
grantdd and under the Hupervision of the Street Connissioner •
. All in favor.
·Motion made anrt seconded that the Com. from Hugh p, . Tie.r.nan
be received and placed on file •
,
.
All
j
r]
f'1."or.
Dobhs lerry, N. Y. Nov., 9, 1917.
Hon. Pre~ident and 30a('d of Trustees,
Village of Dobbs Ferry.
.',
I hen,·.vith submit my report on the Asphalt hloc~ pavement
inupection made by ill'" 011 ;:Iovember 8th as per r",west. of President
~.['own.
The (ipening south of t:10 I'lm. Jo:lmstone i}arage on South Broad'I,ay hilS been n:paj red uncleI' my supe rvi sion al so the opening at the
_ new resid.ence of Daniel Dewling on Ashford Ave.
I have made a thorough inspection of tile Asphalt block on
. Broad.vay, North and South, Livingston Ave., Lower !:iain 8treet and
Ashford Avenu.e and find a few chipped blocks in places, which in
ony opinion should be replaced in tile Spring instead of' at this
Season j t being bad practice to replace individual blocks preceditig'
fro ~t.
Respectfully Submitted,
Hugh P. Tiernan.
I
1l1TIIC
'213
lllotion made and seconded ti1at H. Secor, Collector, return the
1916 Tax Book to t::-J.G Vill"'B;e ,Clerk and also make a return of all
unpaid taxes.
All in favor.
I
Muti'on made and. seconded that the Clerk be authorized to publish
in the Dobbs Ferry Register the Official Paper a list of all 1916
unpaid Taxes.
AlII in favor.
North Tarrytown, N. Y.
November 13th, 1917.
Mr. F. Q. Brown,' President,
Villa!:se of Dobbs Ferry,
Ne,'/ York.
Dear Sir:-
We have ~our letter of the 9th inst., advisins us that the
hydrant at the corner .of Walnut and Palis.'lrie Str.e.ets is not in
proper working order and wish to advise you that the same will
receive our ilmnediate attention. We will, also, make an inspection
of t.he ot2-1er hyd.rants in thci 1[illa,ge and. if any an" found to 'be out
of order, we nill repair same.
I
,We, also, wi82-1 to advise yllu that we have engaged Mr. Joseph
DiNardO, our contractor to repair the fense in front of the property
of the ]Hssionary Sisters on Livingston Avenue, which 'lias .damaged
by our water at the time :the fire hydrant, at that point; VICl.S
broke,n by an auton;obile. Mr DiNardo states that he will give this
matter his at·tention at his earliestcronvenience.
Very truly yours,
Fran1: Weslage J
Supt.
Tarrytown, l'T. Y., l';ov. 1,6, 19.1 7 •
Mr. O.swald Schuler ..
. Villa;;;e Clerk,
Do b b s -:Ce r cy, .IT. Y. .
Dear Sir:
As reque~ted by you we have relighted six eas lamps in th~
Eiver Vie i Manor section of Dobbs "!;'erry, as per resolution passed
by th,e Board of Trustees at their last meeting. These lamps Ylere
statted under date of November 14th.
Yours very trvly,
I
E. R. Conover,
Superintendent.
Motion made and seconded that the followi,ng Eills be paid.
All voting aye on
Boll Call.
General Fund
P. Costello
P.
"
~.
Rodge rs
T:Jeo. Ebers'pacher
1 1'.'10. Police Officer
~~
90.00
1 Mo. Police Officer
85.00
1 1\10 • Pelice Of lie or
85.00
'I
,
y'
'
. t: .
214
,"'.
"
,'
,.,'
\:"
.~
General Fund Con.
1
"•.Ito.
Police Off1 cer'
}I,
85.00
'I
.T. .J. Q raney
1 Mo. Police Officer
85.00
John HOlVell
1 Mo. Police Cl erl(
80.00
Fran]<: McKeon
1 Mo. Treasurer
25.00
Oswald Schuler
1 Mo. as Clerk
3;).33
ii. A.
1 Mo. Counsel
25.00
H. A. Tho·rntcn
1 Mo. Police Justice
50.00
Real Est. Man. Co.
October Rent
Fran':.<: Hill
1 Mo. C;:',re Fi're AIF4nn
25.00
"Ja.ry McFadden
1 Mo. ,Janitor
18.00
Tho s. La l'fasney
1 Mo. San. Inspector
,10.00
1 Mo. .Tanitor (Odgen)
10 .00
1 !Ao. Janitor (Li v)
10.00
Cha:;,~
John
Thornton
Seiss
MCG~.be
150.00
,Joseph Beie;an
1
M. Elder
Typewritbg Min.
1.35
Cleaning 3i re Apparatus (Od;ren)
5.50
M. Rheridan
CleaninG Fi re Apparatus (Odgen)
2.50
T. Q,uigley
Cleaning
};' i 'r e
Apparatus (I"iv. )
2.50
John Bur1:e
Cleaning
~'i
re Apparatus (Li v.)
2.50
}'. Nodel
C.leanirlg
~g'i
r e A1J paratus (:R .!-! •
P. Fix.
r;leaning Fire Appa ra t.llS (R.H.& ,L. Co. )
2.50
R. :ragilo
Cleaning
Ij1~
re Apparatus (R.H,;'" L. Co . )
2.50'
Cleaning
]Ii rra
IV;' Shaw.
T
"
Jr.
. Delmerico
F.
1.1' •
!~O
. Jani to r (R.
"
-'1.
,<
L. Co. )
10.00
(?c
(~.H.&
Auto Hire
2.50
L Co. ):
2.50
.7:'
,John Clamp
13 Days S),ecial '.V.:.tchroan
B. F. Springsteel
4 Days 81;e c ial \'Tat c,1l1lan
11.33
P. Costello
Repairs to Motor Cycle
13.00
;,36.83
,J.
Israel
5 Yds • cheese cloth
0~o
rge Griffin
Supplies for Fire Depts.
64.30
George GrUfin
Supplies for Police & San.
16. ?l
J. J". 'l'aylor
Policy on
96.98
New York
~el.
H. Von Wedell
00.
I
L. Col 2.50
Apparatus (R.71,Pc 1. Co. )
Cleanine; Fi, t'~ Appara'tuB
Hill
I
Mack Truck
Foreign Messages
Milk Ex. Etc.
.45
4.70
52.50
I'
.
1 WfUC
215
General ?und Con.
I
Alwo rth Garage
Auto Hire Police
Robt. 'Nilson
Repairing R. H. & L.
38.70
Ja s. 1!.. Taylo r
Pclicy on Fire' Truck
72,.'7 '3
~:~oole
=ryan
Car ::ire
Dobbs Ferry Register
2.00
~tc.
7.00
Stationery ::i:t(;.
:treet :;;'und
3tannard Oil Co.
New Street
.J. E. PClwson
Besson
$ 565.25
Grati~g
Etc.
:5'1.35
. 3 Loads of Cinders
49.14
J. E. Pawson & Co.
1 Load Cind0rs
10.00
Alworth Garae;e
35 Gal. Kerosene Oil
&
Connolly
Repairing :Fence Pal. St.
5.25
~"O. 82
Samuel Dawson
25 Days Labor
65.00
H~!1ry J~evihaus
29 :Jays Laror
65.25
·Jas, J'EcHenry
26 Days laoo r
58.50
Michael Ryan
26 Days J"abo r
58,50
Secor
20 Days Labor
45.00
John :i:ennedy
12 Days l.abor
2'7,00
Wlr., StuClrt
29 Days tabor
Jas. A:1.rico
29 1/2 Days I"abo r
73.75
lHck Pegano
30 Days Laoor
75.00
Nick Petrolo
26 Days l.abor
58.50
~Choc.
21 Days Labor
47.25
Tho s':Fa 'rri ng ton
18 :':lays Labor
'10.50
David Hassett
15 Days L100r
37.50
Sibert Alworth
'3
Newton tist
29 Days Team
145.00
J)",n I 1. Do .vl.i ng
20
Tecun
125;'00
Dominick Marsello
26 Days Labor
58.50
1 iura. Com:,;'
80.00
if<. Hamill
Supplies tor Street
:~7
,Tohn Ikwild
Sharpening Picks Etc.
H. P. Tiernan
Sur~rvision
~T,
I
Connor-ton
,
I
30.00
Gra.vel Etc.
&:
Acke nr.an
I
Co.
i
6650 Gal Oil at 8 1/2
\Vm.
Alworth
Days Mason
n~ ~.~
_'-' CI..j
'."0
of
rk
Str~ets
16.50
• 63
6.10
15.00
1915.54-'---
"
..
I
; >. '.:' . )".
I,
.-.
..
Sewer Fund
~lm.
Al \'iO rth
~:~
1 Mc. SeNer Inspector
15.00
Garbage Fund
Jas. MO!1uhan
1 lio. Garrlage
Jas. Monahan
27 Days Ashes
SQ~
$ 110.00
1
Total $3644.20
No More Busin<lss tho meeting1
adjourned.,
I
Clerk.
I·